
This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever ... (Full plot summary below)
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This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever occur on U.S. soil.
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| Lawrence Journal-WorldDan LybargerStodgy, but more edifying and entertaining than 'Pearl Harbor.' |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's rare for a feature film to attain the trifecta of entertaining, informing, and educating. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumTold from both sides, and certainly better than "Pearl Harbor." |
| IGNDevin FaraciWatching real planes crashing into real planes on a runway is flatout exciting, and the bombing sequence here is easily the equal of anything that Michael Bay could do. |
| Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBurl BurlingamePrior to "Tora!" movies showing the attack were jingoistic propaganda; afterwards, the attack was an excuse to indulge in Hollywood's fascination with American self-loathing. |
| BBC.comDanny GraydonDisplaying an uncharacteristic even-handedness for Hollywood, this Japanese-American production is certainly the epic equal of Pearl Harbor, while consistently maintaining an almost unimpeachable honesty with its dual perspectives. |
| VarietyVariety StaffBoth overall director Richard Fleischer and his Japanese counterparts do a dull job, and the monotonously low-key tone of scene after scene almost suggests that each was filmed without a sense of ultimate slotting in the finished form. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe careful balancing of the two sides produces its own interesting effect, however, showing how war goes from possible to inevitable, whatever the wishes on either side. Had Tora! Tora! Tora! taken the notion a bit further, it might have created a portrait of escalating tension chilling enough to rival its carefully orchestrated climactic bombing raid. |
| Movie MetropolisJames PlathThe film looks gorgeous in HD, and remains the best Hollywood treatment of Pearl Harbor. |
| Empire MagazineClark CollisThis big-budget, noble-but-dull account of the run up to Pearl Harbour is high on historical veracity but low on drama. |